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Telemedicine and health disparities: Association between patient characteristics and telemedicine, in-person, telephone and message-based care during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 42 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Agentic AI for scaling diagnosis and care in neurodegenerative disease.Nature aging · 2026Review
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- Racial and ethnic disparities in access to non-COVID-19 healthcare during the pandemic in the United States.Medicine · 2026Article
- Telemedicine Adoption, US Ambulatory Visits, and Total Medical Spending, 2019-2023.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- State Medicaid Telehealth Policies and Rates of Alcohol and Substance Use Treatment at Federally Qualified Health Centers: Does Modality Matter?Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association · 2026Article
- Review of Artificial Intelligence for Clinical Use in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias.Seminars in neurology · 2026Review
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- How limited english proficiency impacts patient engagement with telemedicine: a systematic review.NPJ digital medicine · 2025Article
- Health Ratings and Unmet Transportation Needs in Indiana's Aged and Disabled Home and Community-Based Services Waiver Program.Journal of aging & social policy · 2025Article
- Digital health equity frameworks and key concepts: a scoping review.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2025Article
- Comparing In-Person, Telephonic, and Video-Based Treatment of Depression in Adult Primary Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic.The Permanente journal · 2025Article
- Public health emergency accelerated research response-the Clinical and Translational Science Institute of Southeast Wisconsin COVID-19 research initiative.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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- Exploring the potential of telemedicine for improved primary healthcare in India: a comprehensive review.The Lancet regional health. Southeast Asia · 2024Review
- Demystifying the Digital Divide: Disparities in Telerehabilitation Readiness Among Older Adults in the United States.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Patient factors associated with telehealth quality and experience among adults with chronic conditions.JAMIA open · 2024Article
- Latent profiles of telehealth care satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic among patients with cardiac conditions in an outpatient setting.Cardiovascular digital health journal · 2024Article
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Abstract
Telemedicine has been an essential form of care since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, telemedicine may exacerbate disparities for populations with limited digital literacy or access, such as older adults, racial minorities, patients of low income, rural residences, or limited English proficiency. From March 2020 to March 2022, this retrospective cohort study analyzed the use of in-person, phone/message, and telemedical care at a single tertiary care center in an oncology department. We investigated the association between economic, racial, ethnic, socioeconomic factors and forms of care, including in-person visits, telemedicine-based visits, and telephone/messages. The study results show that telemedicine utilization is lower among patients 65 and older, female patients, American Indian or Alaska Native patients, uninsured patients, and patients who require interpreters during clinical visits. As a result, it is unlikely that telemedicine will provide equal access to clinical care for all populations. On the other hand, in-person care utilization remains low in low-income and rural-living patients compared to the general population, while telephone and message use remains high in low-income and rural-living patients. We conclude that telemedicine is currently unable to close the utilization gap for populations of low socioeconomic status. Patients with low socioeconomic status use in-person care less frequently. For the disadvantaged, unusually high telephone or message utilization is unlikely to provide the same quality as in-person or telemedical care. Understanding the causes of disparity and promoting a solution to improve equal access to care for all patients is critical.
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